生存的抗衡 道德的拯救——论铁凝《秀色》

Survival and Moral Rescue: on Tie Ning's Xiu Se

《秀色》是铁凝的一篇短篇小说,围绕一个叫"秀色"的偏远山村缺水、打井的事件展开描写,并以女性的生存选择与生命状态为主要切入点,体现了铁凝关于生存意志对传统道德的抗衡、理性道德对生存尊严的拯救等问题的理性批判与思考,充满了对处于生存困境中的生命的理解和关怀,展现出整个中华民族的意志力和坚强信念。

Xiu Se is a short story by Tie Ning. It focuses on the events of water shortage and well drilling in a remote mountain village called Xiu Se, and its main breakthrough point is the choice of women＇s survival and the state of life. It embodies Tie Ning＇s rational criticism and reflection on the struggle of survival will against traditional morality and rational morality on saving the dignity of existence, which is full of understanding and concern for life in the predicament of existence and shows the willpower and strong belief of the whole Chinese nation.